The long cherished dream of Kabirdham residents of seeing a railway line in the district would be fulfilled. Soon Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Railway Minister Piyush Goyal would gift the railway line to the residents along with various other development works, said Chief Minister Raman Singh on Monday.
He was addressing a public meeting organised at Nagar Panchayat Pipariya during Atal Vikas Yatra in the district.
Singh remarked :The project plan for “Katghora-Mungeli-Kawardha-Dongergarh" railway line covering distance of 256 kms has been prepared. The foundation stone would be laid soon.”
On the occasion, the Chief Minister announced for giving full tehsil status to Nagar Panchayat Pipariya, sanction for Birkona-Paraswara approach road, Kanhabhaira-Venariguda approach road and Kolilari-Navagaon-Gopalbhavna road.
He commenced the distribution of incentive of Rs 36.97 crore for farmers on chickpeas (Chana) and launched the Rs 102 crore manufacturing plant under Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission Birkona Cluster .
The Chief Minister also dedicated and performed bhoomi pujan for 43 different development works worth Rs 116.40 crores.
Singh thanked Mahant Shyam Sunder Vaishnav for donating five acres of land for College in Pipariya. He said that State and Central government’s several public oriented welfare schemes have brought changes in life of poor while on the other hand, the governments had ensured speedy implementation of infrastructure development works.
Better work was done in social security sector also. The net result is that no poor person now sleeps with empty stomach, he said.
Rajnandgaon MP Abhishek Singh also addressed the gathering.
He said that chickpea farmers are being given incentive of Rs 1500 per acre of land and total of Rs 117 crore would be distributed among farmers.